But how many of these elements do you know? Test your knowledge and compete with other Live Science readers to see who can ...

Can you believe the periodic table has been around for over 150 years? Take this quiz to see if you can find the elements. What information do we collect from this quiz? What is the periodic table?

1. This element is included in the US’s list of critical minerals. It is prized for use in the control rods of nuclear reactors and for use in compounds that change their shape when magnetised (i.e.

On this day in 1940, the element plutonium was first isolated by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. Here’s a quiz on it.